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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT

France, June 8-15, 2008

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Stage 4 - June 12: Vienne - Annemasse, 193km

Dessel at the right time, Valverde holds the lead

By Jean-François Quénet in Annemasse

Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale)
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AG2R's Cyril Dessel, already a stage winner at the Four Days of Dunkirk and the Tour of Catalunya, added to his impressive 2008 palmares with a spectacular solo win on stage four in the Dauphiné. The Frenchman attacked the survivors of a day-long breakaway, catching and passing the young French hope Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole) on the final climb with 20 kilometres to go, and then courageously holding his lead to the line.

In the group of favourites, only Michael Rogers of High Road attacked the yellow jersey Alejandro Valverde, breaking clear before the line, but only gaining a few seconds over his rivals.

"It was a very fast stage," Valverde noted. "Initially we didn't want to let a breakaway go, but the presence of Oscar Pereiro in it made things easier for us. In the final climb, we controlled the situation. I had very good sensations. On the climb I could feel some pain in my legs, but that was the consequence of the time trial the day before, otherwise I was climbing well."

There was a race within a race as the breakaway realized that none of them would threaten Valverde's yellow jersey – the highest ranked rider was Lars Bak in 12th place at 2'47 with Pereiro in 13th at 2'48. It was then an all-out battle for stage glory.

The French riders, who last year scored the overall Dauphiné victory thanks to Christophe Moreau, were especially interested in the stage win and made a 1-2-3 with Dessel, Rolland and Amaël Moinard. It was Thomas Voeckler who was first to attack from the front group prior to climbing the grueling Mont Salève. Second year pro Rolland had no fear to go with him and drop him off. "I realized he was nervous," the 21-year-old from Crédit Agricole explained. "Unfortunately, Dessel rejoined me and passed me as he was sprinting."

Christophe Le Mével (Credit Agricole)
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"I wanted to go solo downhill to be able to choose my way down to the finishing town," Dessel, a former yellow jersey in the Tour de France confirmed. "My idea was to catch Rolland before the summit." The young one had no clue about the Mont Salève, a very steep climb nearby Geneva but still on the French territory. Dessel knew it since he climbed it once at the age of 14 with his father before he got his first racing license. Rolland thought the climb was over although there were still two kilometers before the summit.

"With a stage win, my contract at the Dauphiné is filled up," Dessel said. "I didn't necessarily plan to attack today, but I was inspired by my team-mate José Luis Arrieta who was calling the young riders to go to the front with the attacks. Only with attacking there's a chance of getting a result, I know that well. If I can get another top ten at the Dauphiné, I'll go for it."

There will be another grueling climb and a very likely similar scenario with Joux-Plane scheduled in stage five before arriving in Morzine. "I can feel my rivals are ready to attack me," Valverde observed. "They wanted to try something in the Salève but it went too fast. I have seen Robert Gesink was very strong in the climb and his Rabobank team was very committed as well. It wasn't a goal for me to win the Dauphiné at the beginning but now I'll try to. I will fight without taking risks though."

How it unfolded

Valverde seems to be telling Leipheimer
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Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto) gave birth to the first breakaway of the day at kilometre five. The Ukrainian was followed by Ruben Perez (Euskaltel), Emanuele Bindi (Lampre), Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas), Karsten Kroon (CSC) and David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval). There was a quick reaction from the bunch.

At km 12, Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) went clear. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) joined him but once again, the bunch reacted. After one hour of extremely intense fighting, 16 men finally found their way out at km 62: Roy Sentjens (Silence-Lotto), Sergio Paulinho (Astana), Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne), Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel), Pierre Rolland and Christophe Le Mével (Crédit Agricole), Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step), Cyril Dessel (Ag2r), Amaël Moinard (Cofidis), Heinrich Haussler and Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Frederik Willems (Liquigas), Lars Bak (CSC), David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) and Dominik Roels (Milram).

Eight kilometers further, their advantage was 2'50 over a bunch led by the Caisse d'Epargne team of race leader Alejandro Valverde. At km 114, the gap was 3'40 and Rabobank came to the front to give a hand to the Spanish team.

In the first small climbs, De La Fuente consolidated his polka dot jersey. Voeckler attacked at km 160. Rolland joined him away while Roels and Haussler stayed in between. At the foot of the Mont Salève (km 168.5), Rolland went solo. A trio was formed behind him by Dessel, Paulinho and Moinard.

At km 173.5, Dessel overtook Rolland and attacked straight away. Dessel was fist at the top of the Salève 22 seconds ahead of Rolland and 2'40 ahead of the group of the favorites with all the main contenders there, including Robert Gesink (Rabobank) who accelerated towards the top.

Despite a fright in the downhill, Dessel took his first Dauphiné win in Annemasse. Rolland came 2nd and Valverde kept his lead.

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Results

1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         4.37.16 (41.765 km/h)
2 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           0.18
3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                    1.21
4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
5 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                        2.07
6 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       
7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
8 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                 2.09
10 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      2.11
11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                      
12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                   
14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
16 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
17 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                      
19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                      
20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                             
21 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                          
22 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                     
23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
25 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                               
26 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                       
27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
28 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
29 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                     
30 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                   
31 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                   
32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      
33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                       
34 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                  2.35
35 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                             
36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                   
37 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2.46
38 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
39 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                               3.12
40 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott              
41 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
42 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
43 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                      
44 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
45 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        3.50
46 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 4.10
47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   
48 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                             
49 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
50 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                     
51 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                             
52 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     
53 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                             
55 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                 
56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
57 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          5.26
59 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                      
60 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                           
61 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                   
62 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
63 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                     
64 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                       
65 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                   
66 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                   
67 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                            6.24
68 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                              6.49
69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                9.54
70 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
71 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                  
72 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                               
73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                          
74 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                
75 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                              
76 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               
78 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                   
79 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                             
80 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                               
81 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
82 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                   
83 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             
84 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
85 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                         
86 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
87 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                  12.18
88 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                               13.38
89 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
90 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                       
91 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               
92 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
93 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
94 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                              
95 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                  
96 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
97 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
98 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                   
99 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                     
100 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                      
101 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                   
102 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                
103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
104 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                      
105 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                  
106 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                     
107 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                          
108 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                  14.30
109 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                       
110 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
111 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    16.48
112 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
113 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                    
115 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                      
116 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
117 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
118 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                               
119 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                    
120 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                    
121 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                       
122 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                   
123 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                     
124 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               
125 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                    
126 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                  
127 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
128 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                    
129 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
130 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                      
131 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                             
132 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 19.01
133 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         19.12
134 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
135 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott         
136 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                              30.03
DNF Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step                                
DNF Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
DNS Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                   
DNS Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
DNS Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                      
 
Points
 
Annemasse - km 193
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              20 pts
2 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             17
3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                      15
4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             13
5 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                          11
6 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     10
7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         9
8 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             8
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                    7
10 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         6
11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                     5
12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   4
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                  3
14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        2
15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          1
 
Mountains
 
Côte du Mont des Princes - km 127.5                                  
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      7 pts
2 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              5
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               3
4 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                       2
5 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                               1
 
Côte de Saint Jean - km 140
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      5 pts
2 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              3
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               1
 
Le Salève - km 175.5
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              30 pts
2 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             26
3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             22
4 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                      18
5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     14
6 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                          12
7 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                     10
8 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         8
9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  6
10 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                              4
11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          2
12 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        1
 
Teams
 
1 Credit Agricole                                            13.56.20
2 AG2R La Mondiale                                               0.51
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                               1.11
4 Cofidis                                                            
5 Team CSC                                                       1.57
6 Astana                                                         2.01
7 Française Des Jeux                                             2.36
8 Saunier Duval-Scott                                            2.58
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            3.02
10 Silence-Lotto                                                     
11 Quick Step                                                    3.26
12 Liquigas                                                      4.00
13 Bouygues Telecom                                              4.59
14 Rabobank                                                      5.59
15 High Road                                                     8.29
16 Team Milram                                                   8.31
17 Gerolsteiner                                                 11.43
18 Lampre                                                       26.11
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  14.49.46
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                   0.23
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                0.37
4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            1.08
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                   1.17
6 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        1.20
7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.58
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   2.28
9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           2.29
10 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         2.34
11 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       2.43
12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                3.00
13 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                  3.09
14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       3.12
15 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                               3.21
16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          3.26
17 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                3.29
18 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        3.34
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                               3.40
20 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                     3.47
21 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                   3.53
22 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                           4.09
23 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                  4.13
24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                  4.21
25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                  4.22
26 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                   4.24
27 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                     
28 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                               4.32
29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       4.34
30 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                               4.41
31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         4.49
32 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      5.08
33 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott          5.11
34 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              5.14
35 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                               5.23
36 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     5.29
37 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                   5.33
38 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         5.38
39 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
40 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            5.39
41 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                               5.53
42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
43 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                 5.55
44 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                               5.59
45 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          
46 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       6.00
47 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                         6.03
48 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                 6.11
49 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                       6.14
50 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                         6.16
51 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             6.23
52 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        6.41
53 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 6.47
54 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                  6.51
55 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                             6.55
56 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                    6.56
57 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                 7.12
58 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                            7.27
59 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     7.32
60 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                   7.36
61 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        7.37
62 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                  7.40
63 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              7.50
64 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          8.15
65 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                              8.33
66 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                        8.52
67 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                 9.24
68 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                               9.46
69 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                     11.06
70 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         11.24
71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                               11.27
72 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                        11.28
73 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        11.46
74 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                         11.57
75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              12.12
76 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         12.18
77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          12.19
78 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                    12.42
79 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                          12.45
80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       13.09
81 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                              13.36
82 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                           13.41
83 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          13.54
84 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       13.57
85 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                          14.14
86 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                             14.16
87 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            15.07
88 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                               15.16
89 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         15.31
90 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                          15.34
91 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          16.05
92 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                            16.12
93 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                  16.59
94 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                  17.00
95 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                   17.20
96 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                              17.27
97 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                17.50
98 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                              18.01
99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                              18.13
100 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                              18.23
101 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     18.35
102 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                          18.38
103 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                18.43
104 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                        18.59
105 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                               19.00
106 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                 19.30
107 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          19.32
108 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          19.41
109 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                  19.42
110 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                 19.45
111 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
112 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      20.03
113 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     20.42
114 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    20.43
115 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     20.52
116 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                               21.19
117 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         21.26
118 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              21.40
119 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                            21.43
120 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                    
121 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                22.01
122 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           22.27
123 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         22.38
124 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                               22.41
125 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             23.11
126 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                 24.12
127 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  24.31
128 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                        25.53
129 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                               26.26
130 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 26.48
131 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                  27.07
132 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                             28.16
133 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                 31.22
134 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott    31.38
135 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                              39.57
136 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      41.08
 
Points classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       107 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                     83
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               76
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                  60
5 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                  40
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                     36
7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                      30
8 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                 25
9 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                25
10 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                           24
11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               23
12 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         21
13 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             20
14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            20
15 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         19
16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            18
17 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            17
18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         16
19 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                         16
20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                     15
21 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                 14
22 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             13
23 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                  11
24 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                11
25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          11
26 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                               11
27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    10
28 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                  9
29 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        9
30 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                  9
31 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                   9
32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            8
33 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                               8
34 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                   7
35 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         7
36 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                    7
37 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                     6
38 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                     6
39 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         6
40 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                    6
41 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             6
42 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                      5
43 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             4
44 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           4
45 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               3
46 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        1
47 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1
48 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     36 pts
2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              34
3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             34
4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             22
5 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                      20
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        12
7 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                          12
8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                     10
9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         8
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                  6
11 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 6
12 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                      6
13 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                  5
14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                              5
15 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                              5
16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                     2
17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          2
18 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         2
19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                            1
20 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        1
21 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1
22 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                           44.34.38
2 Astana                                                         1.11
3 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            2.43
4 AG2R La Mondiale                                               2.57
5 Silence-Lotto                                                  3.37
6 Credit Agricole                                                3.41
7 Bouygues Telecom                                               4.06
8 Cofidis                                                        4.52
9 Française Des Jeux                                             5.05
10 Saunier Duval-Scott                                           5.33
11 Quick Step                                                    5.41
12 Team CSC                                                      5.49
13 Rabobank                                                      8.01
14 Liquigas                                                      9.07
15 Team Milram                                                  10.02
16 High Road                                                    11.14
17 Gerolsteiner                                                 14.38
18 Lampre                                                       33.23

	

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